I arrived at the address and honked the horn. After waiting a few minutes, I honked again. Since this was going to be my last ride of my shift, I thought about just driving away, but instead I put the car in park and walked up to the door and knocked. ‘Just a minute’, answered […]
Author Archives: Yuna Tiya
It was the annual lumberjack competition and the final was between an older, experienced lumberjack and a younger, stronger lumberjack. The rule of the competition was quite simply who could fell the most trees in a day was the winner. The younger lumberjack was full of enthusiasm and went off into the wood and set […]
There was a young woman who took great pride in the growth and care of the flowers in her flower garden. She had been raised by her grandmother who taught her to love and care for flowers as she herself had done. So, like her grandmother, her flower garden was second to none. One day […]
Sociologist Tony Campolo told about a study in which fifty people over the age of 90 were asked to reflect upon their lives. “If you had it to do over again,” they were asked, “what would you do differently?” Though there were many answers, three responses dominated. Here they are: First, many respondents answered, “I […]
There was a pastor who wrote about receiving a survey in the mail from the local electric company, reflecting the wide-spread concern about the Y2K computer problems. Among the questions on the survey, it was the last question that stumped him: “Will your essential functions be affected?” The pastor, after some consideration, wondered just what […]
If you can reach out, you can hold on.If you can imagine, you can achieve.If you just begin, you can continue.Search within, and you’ll find a reasonto believe. If you can get involved, you can makeit happen.If you can give, you will be rewardedwith the taking.If you can climb, you can climb even higher.Envision it: […]
At the end of our lives we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made or how many great things we have done. We will be judged by: I was hungry and you gave me to eat. I was naked and you clothed me. I was […]
1. Wake Up! Decide to make it a good day. “This is the day the Lord has made; let us be glad and rejoice in it” Psalms 118:24. 2. Dress Up! The best way to dress up is to put on a smile. A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks. “Not as […]
Let me live, O Mighty Master, such a life as a men shall know. Tasting triumph and disaster, joy and not too much woe. Let me run the gamut over, let me fight and love and laugh, and when I’m beneath the clover let this be my epitaph: Here lies one who took his chances […]
I once saw this advertisement: “Make sure you’re part of a winning team.” The way to be part of a winning team in marriage is to bring out the best in your spouse. Remember to keep your focus on your spouse’s strengths and not his or her weaknesses. Remember to believe in the potential of […]
There is a difference between education and experience. Education is what you get from reading the small print. Experience is what you get from not reading it! But isn’t it true that great learning comes from both education and experience? Let me tell you a parable: A young school teacher had a dream that an […]
CONGRATULATIONS. So, now you have your diploma. Now you want me to be something like a North Star, to offer you some sort of guidance for walking in the right direction, the ‘Now what’ path that you’re coming up to. You really don’t need me except to tell you that you have yourself. Look inside. […]
Savannah Aulger will never have snapshots with her father on her first birthday, on Christmas or at a school event. The only picture she will ever have of them is the one as sweet as it is heartbreaking. Hooked up to an oxygen mask at the hospital, the man she would call dad cradled her […]
My mom only had one eye. I hated her… she was such an embarrassment. My mom ran a small shop at a flea market. She collected little weeds and such to sell… anything for the money we needed she was such an embarrassment. There was this one day during elementary school.I remember that it was […]
The sun kisses a mountain topAnd glistens on its face of snow,And slowly climbs into the sky aboveAnd lights the valley below. For each of us that this day awakesA miracle takes place.For once again we walk our earthAnd own all upon its face. And the past regrets and foolish fearsOf yesterday’s cloudy mind,Are washed […]
To Let Go does not mean to stop caring,it means I can’t do it for someone else. To Let Go is not to cut myself off,it is the realization I can’t control another. To Let Go is not to enable,but to allow learning from natural consequences. To Let Go is to admit powerlessness,which means the […]
Life is best lived in service to others. This doesn’t mean that we do not strive for the best for ourselves. It does mean that in all things we serve other people, including our family, co-workers and friends. Consider others’ interests as important as your own. Much of the world suffers simply because people […]
Change Your Beliefs. It is up to you to do the work of changing your beliefs. And when you do you will be opening up new worlds—literally!…Feed your mind with information that will change your belief.…The truth is that you have an amazing mind with a capacity for learning that is beyond your comprehension. You […]
When asked what he wanted to be remembered for when his life was over Leo Buscaglia. replied: “I want to be remembered as somebody who lived life fully and with passion. I’ve been asked to write my epitaph and I have always thought that the perfect one for my tombstone would be, ‘Here lies Leo […]
Believe in yourself! Believe you were made to do any task without calling for aid. Believe, without growing too scornfully proud,that you, as the greatest and least are endowed. A mind to do thinking, two hands and two eyesare all the equipment God gives to the wise. Believe in yourself! You are divinely designed and […]
